SM City Baguio Receives Commendation from the City Government for Mall’s Support to the Art Community
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Photo 1 (Left) Councilor Hon. Vladimir Cayabas, representing City Council awards SM City Baguio through assistant mall manager Michael Jason Peña for the mall’s active participation in giving spaces for artists to help uplift Baguio City as a Creative City last February 4, 2022.
Photo 2 City Councilor Hon. Vladimir Cayabas visits the Cordillera Figurative Abstract art exhibits which feature 120 artworks by local artists.
Photo 3. Councilor Hon. Vladimir Cayabas explores the different exhibits around the mall that displays different style and artworks such as painting, sculptures, handicrafts, and many more.
Photo 4 2nd to the right) SM City Baguio assistant mall manager Michael Jason Peña and (2nd to the left) Pasakalye Group of Artist (PGA) Maricar Docyogen with fellow PGA representatives officially open the Pandëgka Cordillera Figurative Abstract art exhibit last February 4, 2022.
Photo 5 The Pandëgka Cordillera Figurative Abstract has three displays around the mall which visitors can find in Lower Basement Gallery, Upper Ground Exhibit Hall, and the Upper Ground Hallway (in between Uniqlo and H&M) from February 4 up until April 16, 2022.
Photo 6. SM City Baguio supports the local art community by giving local artists public spaces that are frequented by mallgoers to widen their audience reach. The creations are for sale and can be directly bought from the artists, their contact details cards are attached below the artworks. (SM CITY Baguio file photo)
Baguio City Council thru Councilor Hon. Vladimir Cayabas awards SM City Baguio for the mall’s active participation in the city’s resolution that business establishments offer spaces for art galleries that uplift arts and creativity as well as further supporting Baguio City as the Philippines’ first UNESCO Creative City.
The commendation given to SM City Baguio was received by assistant mall manager Michael Jason Peña at the Cordillera Figurative Abstract art exhibit Upper Ground Exhibit Hall, near National Bookstore, at SM City Baguio on February 2, 2022.
To further support the local artists and in celebration of the National Arts Month, SM City Baguio and Pasakalye Group of Artists has mounted a new art installation entitled, Pandëgka: Cordillera Figurative Abstract Exhibit. The word “Pandëgka” is an Ibaloi word which translates to create or make.
The art exhibit is a free space that features 120 artworks from Cordilleran artists. Mallgoers can view and explore the art displays at the Lower Basement Gallery, Upper Ground Exhibit Hall, and the Upper Ground Hallway (in between Uniqlo and H&M). The exhibits are on display from February 4 to April 16, 2022. For interested buyers, please contact the number listed on the title card of the artwork.
Volunteer curator and artist, Julius Lumiqued said that “In every new exhibit at SM City Baguio, I get to put an artwork or two. I would like to thank SM for giving us this stage and we hope to expand further.”
SM City Baguio has continuously promoted and supported the local art community through the years by opening a series of art exhibits, displaying and offering spaces for creative handicrafts, and welcoming music performances to busk within the mall as a way to help musicians and their community, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are one of the many ways that SM City Baguio has helped uplift the art community, by recognizing that artists and performances can reach a wider audience in public areas of the mall and advocate art and creativity to many others. ###
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